Ralph Darlington
@irrelations
Emeritus Professor of Employment Relations, Uni Salford; ‘Labour Revolt in Britain 1910-14’ @PlutoPress; researching for a new political biography of Tom Mann
My book is finally out!! Published today and available to buy/order from @PlutoPress @Bookmarks_books and any other good bookshop - see list ⬇️
RIP Cleo Lane - one of the great of the greats theguardian.com/music/2025/jul…
Republic Services — the second largest waste corporation in America — is still forcing hundreds of Teamsters nationwide to strike and subjecting countless communities to disgusting conditions as trash piles up. Despite raking in billions off the hard work of its Teamsters…
Feel the power…mass solidarity picketing can turn the tide
SHUT IT DOWN 2 Five sites, one day. Not a wheel turned. Victory to the Brum Bin workers. #Megapickets work, pass it on. #StrikeMap
Why you should support the resident doctors' strike socialistworker.co.uk/news/support-r…
This is going to be a hugely important strike in defiance of the Starmer government - it deserves our full support and solidarity @BMAResidents @ERunswickBMA
📢Strike action for resident doctors in England starts Friday (25th July) 📍All picket lines are up on @strike_map 💪Plan your day and share with friends, family and colleagues - we need everyone to show their support for #PayRestoration #DoctorsStrike strikemap.org
It's a big one... 📢🗣️SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT Join @jeremycorbyn at #Megapicket 2 on 25 July. 5 sites. One Day! Tell strikers you are coming: bit.ly/RSVPMegapicket… #StrikeMap #Birmingham #BrumBinStrike #BirminghamBinStrike #Solidarity
Hundreds of workers at the Hinkley Point C nuclear construction site in Somerset have staged a wildcat strike in protest against alleged bullying by the project’s supervisors @BUIRAonline theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…
🚨 BREAKING. THIS IS BIG! 🚨 Unite conference votes overwhelmingly to re-examine relationship with @UKLabour and suspend @AngelaRayner from Unite membership over Birmingham bins dispute. More to follow...
If a government minister is complicit in attacks on our members, they're not welcome in our union. @AngelaRayner has shown more support for strike breakers than for our striking members who are fighting austerity cuts from a @UKLabour council. #BrumBinStrike…
Birmingham council sabotages bin strike talks, threatens mass sackings socialistworker.co.uk/labour/birming…
NHS bosses fear fresh resident doctors’ strikes could embolden other staff theguardian.com/society/2025/j…
Resident doctors vote to strike in England bbc.com/news/articles/…
Two superb @MarxismFestival meetings (one to an overspill audience) with Jeremy - following the announcement of a new left political party outside of Labour. Overall 3,500 at this year’s event (largest for 15 years), very young and diverse, and with electric atmosphere
Our ballot results are in! -63% of members voted -84% of voting members said YES to action short of strike -72% of voting members said YES to strike action Which means our call for industrial action has passed and we have a mandate to fight back!
Such an important and vitally needed initiative - everybody who can, should get down on this megapicket to show their solidarity with the Birmingham bin strikers
🪧Megapicket II🪧 5 sites. One day! Friday 25 July from 6am 🔥Be a part of it: bit.ly/RSVPMegapicket… 📍 Atlas Depot, B11 2AS 📍 Lifford Lane Depot, B30 3JJ 📍 Perry Barr Depot, B42 2TU 📍 Veolia Incinerator, B11 2BA 📍 Ryton site, CV8 3EJ #StrikeMap 1/2
Giving a paper at this week’s British Universities Industrial Relations Association @BUIRAonline annual conference on Tom Mann and the tension between being both a revolutionary agitator and a full-time trade union official during dock strikes in 1890-3 and 1911 @wcmlibrary
Can strike action revitalise labour unions? An empirical analysis of the Chilean case: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…
